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"Tim_Ver" <TimVer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:319A6D2B-BED5-4FF7-BD8F-3F1ED8633737@microsoft.com...
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> I have had Vista 64 Uultimate installed now for over 6 months and all was
> great loaded really fast on boot up and also Programs loaded fast. Now in
> the
> last 3 weeks it has gotten slower.
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> What can I do / check to put it back to how it was?
>
> Thanks

> I have had Vista 64 Uultimate installed now for over 6 months and all was
> great loaded really fast on boot up and also Programs loaded fast. Now in the
> last 3 weeks it has gotten slower.
>
> What can I do / check to put it back to how it was?

Unless three weeks ago you installed new software that starts
automatically when you boot and is running in the background, almost
certainly you became infected with malware three weeks ago.

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:44:05 -0800, Tim_Ver
> <TimVer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I have had Vista 64 Uultimate installed now for over 6 months and all was
> > great loaded really fast on boot up and also Programs loaded fast. Now in the
> > last 3 weeks it has gotten slower.
> >
> > What can I do / check to put it back to how it was?
>
>
> Unless three weeks ago you installed new software that starts
> automatically when you boot and is running in the background, almost
> certainly you became infected with malware three weeks ago.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

May have waited too long to reply to this subject, but have you tried
Microsoft's Onecare safety scanner? it's free and picks up on most garbage
that malware venders install for your computing displeasure.
free, try it here http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

Still, when used on top of other products, it's a part of an arsonal of
removal tools.
It does work, it's just not the best. The part about safety scanner that
puts it in a class with Trendmicro Housecall, and BitDefender Online Scanner
is that they all run from the browser and clean when you can't get the job
done with installable scanners because your infection has corrupted them.
If you don't see the value of this, then maybe you should take a closer
look.